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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by boulos on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:26PM (#35213762)
Sadly, I think this is true about a lot of the food in Manhattan: the middle got squeezed. There's low end, high volume and high-end, low volume. I'm always amazed Manhattan can support so many on the low end with the economics on the rent, but I think they end up with just truly amazing foot traffic and volume that other cities can't touch.
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by chitowneats on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:27PM (#35213783)
Manhattan is an absolute wasteland for authentic, cheap food. Queens and Brooklyn are much better. Some of the best food in the country there.
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by boulos on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:33PM (#35213834)
Mostly, I wasn't comfortable saying NYC when people mostly mean Manhattan and fancy parts of Brooklyn for this comparison :).
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by chitowneats on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:40PM (#35213893)
Agreed. Manhattan and north Brooklyn are very different from the rest of the city.

The Chinese food in Flushing or Sunset Park is incredible, for example.

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by frakkingcylons on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:27PM (#35215040)
Yep. Take the 7 train to queens and have your pick of great international food for like 30-50% of the price of Manhattan food.
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